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Phtjllmtachys iia-mbusoidcs Hort. Yokohama.; E. Satow Cult. Bamb. 

 Jap. in Transact. Asiat. Soc. Jap. XXVII. 3, p. 46 cum tab., non Sieb. 

 et Zucc. 



Nom. Jap. Ya-dake. 



Hah. Prov. Tosa : Sakawa \T. MahinoX 1885), Ochi (T. Makinol 

 May 1892), Beppu (T. Makino\ Nov. 1892), Yokohama near Kochi (T. 

 Mahhw\ Nov. 1895); Prov. Hitachi: Mt. Tsukuba (T. Mah'?io\ April 6, 

 1894, May 1900) ; Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, Bot. Gard. cult. (Herb. ! Sc. 

 Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo; T. Makinol Nov. 17, 1894), Koganei (7'. Mali- 

 no ! herb. 1. c. May 1894) ; Prov. Yamashiro ; Mt. Hiei-zan, cult, in Chudo 

 (T.MaMnol Nov. 7, 1894); Prov. Rikuzen : Matsushima (//. Maisudairal 

 1894) ; Prov. Idzu : Isl. Kodzu-shima (S. Okubo ! herb. 1. c. April 26, 

 1887), Isl. Hachidyo-zima (S. Okubo I herb. 1. c. May 8, 1887). 



This is a common species throughout Japan, both in the cultivated 

 and wild state. Its general habit seems to approach that of Arundiwxria 

 bovealis Makino (Jap. Suzu-dake), but the culm is much larger, and the 

 inflorescence and flowers are manifestly different from it. The culm 

 is excellent to make arrows ; hence the name of Ya-dake, or Arrow 

 Bamboo, by which it is generally known to the layman, though there are 

 some other local names, such as Shinobe, and Ya-zino, etc. No 

 person, however, denominates it Me-dahe, or Female Bamboo, which is 

 properly the common name of Arundinaria Simoni Riviere. In Japan 

 the flower is very rarely met with ; my floriferous specimen is from 

 Kyushu, and I owe it to the kindness of Mr. Yoshio Tanaka, a Member 

 of the House of Peers, of Tokyo. 



My thanks are also due to Professor Z. Matsumura, who has kindly 

 put to my disposition Sir Ernest Satow's recent work cited above from 

 his library. 



{To be continued.) 



